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KMID : 0613620200400010394
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Health Social Welfare Review
2020 Volume.40 No. 1 p.394 ~ p.427
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The Effects of Social Welfare Budget on Elderly Suicide Rate in Local Governments: Focusing on the Difference between Urban and Rural Area
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Lee Chang-Sook
Khang Sang-Kyoung
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Abstract
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This study aims to examine the effects of social welfare budget on elderly suicide rate involving 229 local governments and to test whether the effects of social welfare budget on elderly suicide rates differ between urban and rural areas. For these purposes, we performed descriptive statistics and panel regression using the data set generated from the causes of death statistics by Statistical Office and administrative data from 229 local governments. Descriptive statistics showed that social welfare budgets and elderly suicide rates vary by local governments. The changing patterns of elderly suicide rates differ between urban and rural areas with time. The result of panel regression showed that social welfare budget was negatively associated with elderly suicide rates, indicating that local governments with higher levels of welfare budgets presented significantly lower elderly suicide rates. Further, the effects of social welfare budgets on elderly suicide rate varied by regions, indicating that the effects in rural areas were much stronger that those in urban areas. Based on these results, implications for social welfare with specific focuses on the importance of social welfare budgets and regional differences.
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KEYWORD
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Local Government, Social Welfare Budget, Elderly Suicide Rate, Urban and Rural Area, Panel Regression
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